"Pinky" wrote
...I would add 5 crushed and dissolved campden tablets for 23 Litres. It is important to crush and then dissolve then in a little of the wine. Stir in gently and Bulk age for atleast 6 months

2 questions:
1. What would happen if you added the «powder« to the carboy and stir
it well; would it not dissolve as well?
2. Why stir gently? When degassing, isn't better to stir like mad;
isn't it the idea with the Fizz-X?

TIA,
Guy

"Pinky" wrote
...I would add 5 crushed and dissolved campden tablets for 23 Litres. It is important to crush and then dissolve then in a little of the wine. Stir in gently and Bulk age for atleast 6 months

2 questions:
1. What would happen if you added the «powder« to the carboy and stir
it well; would it not dissolve as well?
2. Why stir gently? When degassing, isn't better to stir like mad;
isn't it the idea with the Fizz-X?

TIA,
Guy

1. I dissolve them separately to ensure that they do actually dissolve
completely and don't have any larger bits to lay dormant at the bottom of my
carboy. Certainly the type I use are not the easiest things to reduce to a
fine powder.

2. I degas by long term bulk aging and just don't believe that beating the
hell out of a new wine does it any good

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"Guy Therrien" wrote in message
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2 questions:
1. What would happen if you added the «powder« to the carboy and stir
it well; would it not dissolve as well?
2. Why stir gently? When degassing, isn't better to stir like mad;
isn't it the idea with the Fizz-X?

TIA,
Guy

1. I dissolve them separately to ensure that they do actually dissolve
completely and don't have any larger bits to lay dormant at the bottom of my
carboy. Certainly the type I use are not the easiest things to reduce to a
fine powder.

2. I degas by long term bulk aging and just don't believe that beating the
hell out of a new wine does it any good

--
Trevor A Panther
In South Yorkshire, England
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"Guy Therrien" wrote in message
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2 questions:
1. What would happen if you added the «powder« to the carboy and stir
it well; would it not dissolve as well?
2. Why stir gently? When degassing, isn't better to stir like mad;
isn't it the idea with the Fizz-X?

TIA,
Guy

"Pinky" wrote:
I degas by long term bulk aging ...

Then I presume you keep the airlock on during that time to degass the
wine... for how long and at what temperature do you bulk age?

TIA,
Guy

"Richard Kovach" wrote in message
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Cellar Craft and Cellar Classic are not the same. The former is a
company, the latter is a line of kits by RJSpagnols.


Thanks for clarifying the names and congealing my memory. I know what I
made was Spagnols so it must have been Cellar Classic. I cannot comment on
the Cellar Craft.

Ray

"Richard Kovach" wrote in message
om...
Cellar Craft and Cellar Classic are not the same. The former is a
company, the latter is a line of kits by RJSpagnols.


Thanks for clarifying the names and congealing my memory. I know what I
made was Spagnols so it must have been Cellar Classic. I cannot comment on
the Cellar Craft.

Ray